’Patience on the ground in Palestine is running out’

As events move toward Israel’s 50 years of occupation of Palestine next year, confidence in the Palestinian Authority is crumbling and the peace process is on a knife-edge, threatening to create a new generation of radicals unwilling to live through the current malaise and political vacuum, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe in the West Bank

As events move toward Israel’s 50 years of occupation of Palestine next year, confidence in the Palestinian Authority is crumbling and the peace process is on a knife-edge, threatening to create a new generation of radicals unwilling to live through the current malaise and political vacuum, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe in the West Bank, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe in the West Bank

There are questions about Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ ability to keep his people united going forward and a leadership race is already underway to succeed him. But there is also frustration among the Palestinians themselves about why record number of illegal Israeli settlements shooting up are allowed continue and why the international community, particularly Europe, will not apply some type of sanctions on Israel.